It’s that time of year when area non-profits are making holiday pleas for support. The annual MySweetWishList series is returning thanks to an anonymous underwriter to help you rally the community by getting your message(s) out to both old and new supporters.
Because Thanksgiving is just around the corner, we’ll start the series Monday, November 22, and finish up on Tuesday, December 24. It’s absolutely simple and free to be part of the MySweetWishList. All you have to do is provide the following:
- a first-person article in Word format describing the one wish the organization would love to have granted during the upcoming holidays. Example: Let’s say your organization is having a raffle to be held next spring. Then the wish might be for folks to buy raffle tickets as gifts for friends. Or, perhaps a homeless organization wishes for the donation of blankets and coats.
- the author must be a nonprofit’s representative, preferably a volunteer
- a photo of the author and/or organization’s logo in JPEG format
- the nonprofit’s website
- the contact information for readers to respond
- only one wish per nonprofit.
- When you submit the article and photo to [email protected], please put the “MySweetWishList for [the organization’s name]” (Example: MySweetWishList for Cellphone Addicts Society) in the subject line. If you don’t, the infamous MySweetCharity filters will probably send your submission into the great unknown.
And, yup, you guessed it — we’ll need your submissions ASAP. It’ll be first come, first posted.
Not only will you help your organization(s), you’ll impress your clients/boss that you’re still hard at work for them!
PS — The submission can be as long as you want it, but remember — too long can be too much. Need some ideas? Here are some from the past.
* Photo credit: Skeeter Hagler